Adore God, all you His Angels: Sion heard, and was glad: and the daughters of
Juda rejoiced. -- (Ps.96. 1). The Lord hath
reigned, let the earth rejoice: let many islands be glad. V.: Glory be to the Father . . . -- Adore God, all
you His Angels . . .

COLLECT.--O God, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so great dangers, that by reason of
the frailty of our nature, we cannot stand fast: grant us health
of mind and body, that what we suffer for our sins, we may overcome by Thy help. Through our Lord Jesus
Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee . .
.

EPISTLE ¤ Rom. 13. 8-10
Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Romans

[Love is the fulfilling of the Law. The Law and love are in fact but one, for if the first
three Commandments of the Decalogue enjoin the
love of God, the seven others oblige us, as a logical consequence, to love our neighbor, for God is in him; we
are, by grace, in some measure an extension of
the humanity of Jesus.]

Brethren, Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth
his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. For, Thou shalt not commit adultery: Thou
shalt not kill: thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not bear false witness: Thou shalt not covet: and if there be
any other commandment, it is comprised in this
word: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. The love of our neighbor worketh no evil. Love therefore is
the fulfilling of the law.

The Gentiles shall fear Thy Name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth Thy
glory. V.: For the Lord hath built up Sion: and He
shall be seen in His glory.
Alleluia, alleluia. V.: The Lord hath reigned, let the earth rejoice, let many islands be
glad. Alleluia.

GOSPEL ¤ Matth. 8. 23-27.
 Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew.

[The evangelist tells us of a great miracle of Jesus: the agitated waves and the violence
of the winds obey Him. The boat, according to St.
Augustine, represents the Church, which throughout the centuries makes manifest the Divinity of Christ.]

At that time, when Jesus entered into the boat, His disciples followed Him:
and behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with
waves, but He was asleep. And His disciples came to Him and awaked Him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.
And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye a
little faith? Then rising up, He commanded the winds and the sea, and there came a great calm. But the men
wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for
the winds and the sea obey Him?

The right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength: the right hand of the Lord
hath exalted me: I shall not die, but live, and shall
declare the works of the Lord.

SECRET.--Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that the offering of the gifts of this
Sacrifice, may ever cleanse and protect our frailty from all evil.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost . .
.

It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, that we should at all
times, and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy
Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God; Who, together with Thine only-begotten Son, and the Holy Ghost, art
one God, one Lord: not in the oneness of a single
Person, but in the Trinity of one substance. For what we believe by Thy revelation of Thy glory, the same do
we believe of Thy Son, the same of the Holy Ghost,
without difference or separation. So that in confessing the true and everlasting Godhead, distinction in
persons, unity in essence, and equality in majesty may
be adored. Which the Angels and Archangels, the Cherubim also and Seraphim do praise: who cease not daily to
cry out, with one voice saying: